Then you might be interested in this – the US News and World Report has ranked the world’s diets for their effectiveness at keeping you trim and healthy.

The list rates diets in categories like ‘fastest weight loss’, ‘easiest to follow’ and ‘best overall’.

It was drawn up by nutritionists and health professionals – so, y’know, people actually scientifically qualified, not just random people on Instagram who post gym selfies and tell you to juice everything you see.

A New Year’s diet means putting more thought into your shopping (Picture: Getty)

The new diet in town is the little-known Eco-Atkins diet, which charted high on the ‘fastest weight loss’ list, at number five.

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It’s low carb, just like the regular Atkins but instead of filling up on meat and cheese that’s loaded with saturated fat, you eat a load of high protein plants instead.

31% of daily calories have to come from plant proteins, 43% from plant fats and 26% from carbs.

Your protein will likely come from eating loads of beans, so don’t worry – you’ll be farting as much as the regular Atkins diet crew.

The rest of your diet will be made up from stuff like nuts, seeds and avocados.

The Eco-Atkins diet is a stricter version of veganism (Picture: Getty)